FFNW vs. CFFN, TREE, TRST, HIFS, NFBK, FFIC, KRNY, HBCP, WSBF, and HMST
Should you be buying First Financial Northwest stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Financial Northwest include Capitol Federal Financial (CFFN), LendingTree (TREE), TrustCo Bank Corp NY (TRST), Hingham Institution for Savings (HIFS), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (Staten Island, NY) (NFBK), Flushing Financial (FFIC), Kearny Financial (KRNY), Home Bancorp (HBCP), Waterstone Financial (WSBF), and HomeStreet (HMST). These companies are all part of the "thrifts & mortgage finance" industry.
First Financial Northwest vs.
First Financial Northwest (NASDAQ:FFNW) and Capitol Federal Financial (NASDAQ:CFFN) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
55.0% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.2% of First Financial Northwest shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.2% of Capitol Federal Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
First Financial Northwest presently has a consensus target price of $22.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.39%. Capitol Federal Financial has a consensus target price of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 23.57%. Given Capitol Federal Financial's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Capitol Federal Financial is more favorable than First Financial Northwest.
Capitol Federal Financial has higher revenue and earnings than First Financial Northwest. Capitol Federal Financial is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Financial Northwest, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
First Financial Northwest has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Capitol Federal Financial has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Financial Northwest pays an annual dividend of $0.13 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Capitol Federal Financial pays an annual dividend of $0.34 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. First Financial Northwest pays out 118.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capitol Federal Financial pays out 87.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Capitol Federal Financial is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Capitol Federal Financial received 35 more outperform votes than First Financial Northwest when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.89% of users gave First Financial Northwest an outperform vote while only 53.58% of users gave Capitol Federal Financial an outperform vote.
Capitol Federal Financial has a net margin of 12.67% compared to First Financial Northwest's net margin of 1.34%. Capitol Federal Financial's return on equity of 4.96% beat First Financial Northwest's return on equity.
In the previous week, Capitol Federal Financial had 2 more articles in the media than First Financial Northwest. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Capitol Federal Financial and 3 mentions for First Financial Northwest. First Financial Northwest's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Capitol Federal Financial's score of 1.10 indicating that First Financial Northwest is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Capitol Federal Financial beats First Financial Northwest on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FFNW) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff